The newly launched Grand Millennium Al Wahda in Abu Dhabi has appointed executive chef Gus Moustakas to its team.

Moustakas has spent the last 20 years of his career working in hotels across Abu Dhabi, Oman and Egypt.

Hailing from San Francisco, Moustakas began his career as an apprentice chef to well-known names such as Emile of Emile’s Swiss Affair and Hubert Keller of Fleur de Lys. From there he joined Royal Viking, Norwegian Caribbean Cruise Lines and then Carnival Cruise Line as a senior sous chef catering over 11,000 meals a day for guests and crew.

Moustakas first came to the Middle East in 1989 joining the InterContinental Hotel Abu Dhabi as sous chef. He then spent some time In Oman at the Al Bustan Palace Hotel Muscat before moving back to Abu Dhabi in 2009.

In his new role Moustakas has been tasked with overseeing the menu planning, food preparation and employee training for the 850-room hotel’s six food and beverage outlets, all of which are radically diverse with their own style and concept.  Along with this he will need to manage a team of more than 75, training the new recruits and developing the more experienced chefs.-TradeArabia News Service